Ms. Brooks is a member of the firm’s Education Law practice group. Her practice focuses on advising school administrators regarding legal issues in student services and special education.
Ms. Brooks works with school clients helping them to understand and navigate the existing legal framework in order to proactively achieve their goals. Ms. Brooks routinely litigates for school clients in administrative and local agency proceedings up through the appeals process. She defends schools against legal claims such as those brought under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Improvement Act (IDEIA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as representing Schools in investigations by the PA Department of Education and US Office for Civil Rights.
Ms. Brooks advises schools regarding student records and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), issues of risk management, matters of child abuse and reporting under the Child Protective Services Law, Homelessness under the McKinney Vento Act, sexual harassment and gender equity involving Title IX, and bullying and harassment investigations under Pennsylvania’s Anti-Bullying Law. A contributing editor to the Pennsylvania School Law Handbook published by the Pennsylvania School Board Association, she handles matters regarding the Public School Code of 1949 such as transportation, enrollment, residency, custody, discipline, charter schools, Pennsylvania Approved Private Schools, and private schools.
Ms. Brooks builds strong relationships with clients through daily interactions on matters of concern. Her former experience as a teacher and collegiate coach brings practical and knowledgeable experience of the educational community into her practice. She is also a member of the Pennsylvania and Montgomery Bar Associations. In addition, she has served for many years on the Board of Managers of Haverford College (now serving as The Clerk to the College Corporation) and on the Westtown School’s Board of Trustees. Ms. Brooks is also Regional Director for the Pennsylvania School Board’s Solicitor’s Association. A graduate of Temple University’s Law School, she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review.
Pennsylvania
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Temple University’s James E. Beasley School of Law (J.D. 2005)
Temple University School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (M.Ed., Sport and Recreation Administration, 2001)
Haverford College (B.A., Political Science, 1992)
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Montgomery Bar Association, Chair of Education Law Committee (2019)
Pennsylvania School Boards Solicitor’s Association
PSBA 2016 Region 11 Director (2016 – Present)
Haverford College, Board of Managers (2013 – Present)
Clerk of the Haverford College Corporation (2018)
Westtown School, Board of Trustees
Friends Fiduciary Corporation, Board of Directors
Radnor Hunt Pony Club, Board of Directors
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Interim Clerk of the Quaker Life Council (2017 – Present)
Campaign Treasurer for Gail Weilheimer for Judge, successful 2013 campaign for Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas judicial election
Ms. Brooks is a member of the firm’s Education Law practice group. Her practice focuses on advising school administrators regarding legal issues in student services and special education.
Ms. Brooks works with school clients helping them to understand and navigate the existing legal framework in order to proactively achieve their goals. Ms. Brooks routinely litigates for school clients in administrative and local agency proceedings up through the appeals process. She defends schools against legal claims such as those brought under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Improvement Act (IDEIA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as representing Schools in investigations by the PA Department of Education and US Office for Civil Rights.
Ms. Brooks advises schools regarding student records and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), issues of risk management, matters of child abuse and reporting under the Child Protective Services Law, Homelessness under the McKinney Vento Act, sexual harassment and gender equity involving Title IX, and bullying and harassment investigations under Pennsylvania’s Anti-Bullying Law. A contributing editor to the Pennsylvania School Law Handbook published by the Pennsylvania School Board Association, she handles matters regarding the Public School Code of 1949 such as transportation, enrollment, residency, custody, discipline, charter schools, Pennsylvania Approved Private Schools, and private schools.
Ms. Brooks builds strong relationships with clients through daily interactions on matters of concern. Her former experience as a teacher and collegiate coach brings practical and knowledgeable experience of the educational community into her practice. She is also a member of the Pennsylvania and Montgomery Bar Associations. In addition, she has served for many years on the Board of Managers of Haverford College (now serving as The Clerk to the College Corporation) and on the Westtown School’s Board of Trustees. Ms. Brooks is also Regional Director for the Pennsylvania School Board’s Solicitor’s Association. A graduate of Temple University’s Law School, she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review.
